Legendary darts player Bristow has bagged a reported £60,000 to travel to Australia for the show, after ITV bosses persuaded the 1980s five-time world champion to go into the jungle.
While he may have since disappeared from the limelight Eric ‘The Crafty Cockney’ Bristow was a regular on teatime quiz show Bullseye, where he became a TV hit.
Bristow will be joined on I’m A Celebrity… by Birds of a Feather star Linda Robson, with a source describing the pair as ‘game for a laugh’.
An insider told The Sun: ‘Eric and Linda are great fun and they can’t wait to get stuck into the jungle shenanigans. They know they’ll have to eat all sorts of horrible things but they’re up for the challenge.’
Linda herself is no stranger to reality shows and has already appeared on Celebrity Come Dine With me, Famous and Frightened and Celebrity MasterChef.
The new series of I’m A Celebrity… is due to hit screens at the beginning of November and will feature former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan and singer Grace Jones.
Britain’s Got Talent runners up Charlotte Jaconelli and Jonathan Antoine are also reportedly eyeing up a spot on the show, however they are split on whether it is
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